A team of seasoned filmmakers, distributors and software developers has announced White Rabbit, a blockchain-based smart contract solution that intends to improve the way users watch content, distribute it, pay and are paid for films and series. As a browser plug-in, White Rabbit is designed to offer a completely new opportunity. It enables users to […]
According to Parrot Analytics’ data, the launch of season three of Narcos, which premiered on Netflix September 1st, was a worldwide success. During its launch week, Narcos was the most popular Digital Original title of any SVoD service in the US, with almost double the demand of the next-most popular title, Netflix’s Ozark. During the same week, Narcos also registered […]
Global media company SPI International / FilmBox and Ukrainian telecommunication platform VOLIA are launching Filmbox OnDemand, an online VoD service which offers non-stop, multi-screen access to a film library featuring a selection of US and European movies. VOLIA operates an SVoD service called Volia Cinema which will feature Filmbox OnDemand as a sub-package available to […]
Hulu has acquired the US streaming rights to MTG’s original series Veni Vidi Vici. The critically acclaimed series will make its US debut exclusively on the premium streaming service in December. Veni Vidi Vici is a 10-part drama series that explores the consequences of struggling Danish film director Karstan Daugaard’s decision to take a job […]
Ofcom chief executive Sharon White has said she is “absolutely confident” that the broadcasting regulator was right in ruling that the planned purchase of Sky by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox would not undermine its broadcasting standards. Culture Secretary Karen Bradley chose to disregard Ofcom’s judgement that the deal should only be referred to the […]
Not only has Netflix’s audience grown significantly in the past two years, but the composition of its user base has changed dramatically as well, according to a DeepProfile study from consumer intelligence research platform CivicScience. Back in May of 2015, CivicScience published a detailed study on the profile of Netflix users, as well as people who […]
Italy’s Corte di Cassazione (Supreme Court) has sentenced a 52-year old Palermo man to four months imprisonment for using codes purchased from third parties to access the Sky Italia pay-TV platform. Unsuccessfully, the defendant defended himself by claiming that he purchased the software for decoding codes on the web to justify the fact that “the […]
South Africa is set to introduce new regulations to cover streamed content coming into the country. Communications Minister Ayanda Dlodlo says there will be a draft White Paper issued shortly for public consultation. The current Broadcasting Act has been in place since 1999 and the minister says it is time for an update. Speaking to […]
An Airbus-built electric satellite Eutelsat 172B has reached its target geostationary orbit in record time. Eutelsat 172B was only launched on June 1st, and uses electrical ION thrusters to reach orbit. This system represents massive savings in the amount of on-board fuel which a chemically-driven satellite would need. The downside is that such electric thrusters […]
SpaceX will tonight (October 11th, weather permitting) launch a condominium satellite operated by SES and EchoStar. The twin-mission satellite was built by Airbus Defense & Space and will go to 105 degrees West. SES will use a portion of the craft and its C-band transponders. EchoStar will tap into the satellite’s 24 Ku-band transponders for […]